Met with Dr. Newman this morning. I have to take another 4 weeks completely off of running and then it’ll be a slow progression back to full mileage. So realistically we’re looking at another 2-3 months before I’m back to 10 miles a day. Apparently a stress reaction in the femur is one of the worst places to have one, second only to the hip, because of the femur being one of the strongest bones in the body. Dr. Newman said if it was in my shin or something my recovery time would be less, but because it’s the femur I have to take more time off. So that’s awesome. On the bright side we caught it before it turned into a stress fracture, so the recovery time in comparison to that is significantly less.
In the meantime, I need to take calcium and vitamin D supplements, cross train and strengthen my back, butt and hamstrings. That will help me to prevent it from recurring when I do start running again.
Bike: 1 hour, alternated between 14 and 16. HR 136, distance 11.49.
Pool: Pool ran with Ashley for 30ish minutes, then messed around with core and swimming for another 30. Then went back to my house and did 10 minutes of abs.
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